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Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient. –
Aristotle.

Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure
or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in
their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external
goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are
deficient in higher qualities. – Aristotle.

Hardly any human being is capable of
pursuing two professions or two arts
rightly. - Plato.

He that has a
trade has an estate, and he that has a calling has an office of profit and
honor. - Benjamin Franklin.

He that rises
late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. - Benjamin Franklin.

He was a wise man who invented beer. -
Plato.

He who commits injustice is ever made
more wretched than he who suffers it. - Plato.

He who is not a good servant will not be
a good master. - Plato.

He who is of calm and happy nature will
hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition
youth and age are equally a burden. - Plato.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first
been ruled. – Aristotle.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has
no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. – Aristotle.

He who steals a little steals with the
same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. - Plato.

Honesty is for the most part less
profitable than dishonesty. - Plato.

Hope is the dream of a waking man. – Aristotle.

How can you prove whether at this moment
we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and
talking to one another in the waking state? - Plato.

How lovely that everyone, great and small,
can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway...and you
can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! – Anne Frank.

How noble and good everyone could be if,
every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the
events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then
without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day.
– Anne Frank.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a
single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank.

Human behavior flows from three main
sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. - Plato.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or
power, but in character and goodness. – Anne Frank.